Boot or shoe



(No Model.) O. W. SHIPPEE.

BOOT 0R SHOE.

.No. 256,170 Patented Apr. 11, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. SHIPPEE, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent NO. 256,170, dated April 11, 1882,

Application filed December 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. SHIPPEE, of Milford, of the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots or Shoes;

andI do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawing, which denotes a transverse section of a shoe haviugits upper, insole, and outer sole connected and arranged in accordance with my invention, the nature of which is defined by the claim hereinafter presented.

In such drawing, A denotes the vamp or upper, B the insole, and C the outer sole, of a boot or shoe. The said insole is extended between the upper A and the outer sole, C, to the edges of the two, the upper lapping on the said insole a short distance inward from its edge or periphery. Furthermore, the upper is secured to the insole by a row of stitching, a, going through the two, the insole being channeled on its under side at b to receive the stitches, in order that they may notrest or project beyond the bottom of such insole, to prevent close coutactbetween the outer and insole. Furthermore, a second row of stitching, 0, is carried through the upper, insole, and outer sole outside and parallel'with the row a. In some cases the groove or channel b in the insole may be dispensed with; but, generally speaking, it is well to have it, as by means of it the stitches are protected from wear by the working and friction of the outer sole against them when the shoe or boot may be in use.

By means of my improvement the insole be comes extended between the upper or vamp and the outer sole to or even with the edges of the two, and thereby with them gives to the shoe or boot the appearance of having a sole thicker than would be the case were theiusole to be encompassed by the upper Without bein gextended between such upper and the outer sole to their outer edges, as represented.

A shoe or boot made as shown in the drawing has its insole connected with the upper by a row of stitching separate from the row extending outside of it and going through the upper, insole, and outer sole, and consequently should the outer row become broken, the inner row will firmly hold together the insole and upper. The said inner row is also covered by the outer sole, and thus is protected thereby from contact with the ground and wear thereby while the shoe or boot may be in use.

With the two rows of stitching arranged in the upper, insole, and outer sole in manner as described, and the insole extended between the upper and the outer sole to the edges of the two, the shoe is more flexible than it would he were each of the two rows of stitching carried through the upper, the insole, and the outer sole.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

A boot or shoe having the insole extended between the upper or vamp and the outer sole to their edges and secured to the said upper or vamp by a row of stitching or fastenings going through it and such insole, and also by a second row of stitches or fastenings aside of the first row and going through the upper or vamp, insole, and outer sole, all being substantially as set forth.

C. W. SHIPIEE.

Witnesses:

LEANDER HOLBROOK, J r., JAMES F. THOMAS. 

